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Something free for carers in Devon
Dartmoor walks allow carers to be with nature
FREE Dartmoor walks are being organised for people who care for a loved one affected by cancer so they can take some time off and re-energise themselves.
The monthly walks are designed to give cancer carers a chance to be with nature, step away from the trauma they are going through and find time and space form themselves.
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Verran Townsend, a qualified mountain leader and founder of OutsideInsights company, which organises similar walks for business people to help them think outside the box, started organising the Dartmoor walks after his partner was diagnosed with cancer.
Iain Duncan Smith is listening to concerns on welfare reform bill
Iain Duncan Smith will offer minor concessions to critics of his plan to cap state benefit payments as he seeks to rescue his welfare reforms.
By Tim Ross, Political Correspondent
The House of Lords defeated the Government on seven key parts of the Welfare Reform Bill, including the centrepiece proposal to cap out-of-work benefits at £26,000 per household.
However, ministers are determined to overturn all the defeats and will table their own amendments, reinstating the original plans, in the Commons today.
In an attempt to appease Liberal Democrats who have joined Labour critics of the Bill, Mr Duncan Smith is likely to offer “transitional arrangements” to help families who will be hit by the cap.
Jack and the Beanstalk special signed performance for the deaf
Spixworth Amateur Players are encouraging people to watch their signed performance of Jack and the Beanstalk
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
6:43 PM
A Norfolk amateur dramatics group wants to encourage more people to come and watch its pantomime show’s special signed performance.
For a number of years the Spixworth Amateur Players has done signed performances to give the hard of hearing the opportunity to enjoy their shows.
This year its production Jack and the Beanstalk is being signed by a British Sign Language interpreter on Thursday, February 16 at 7.30pm at Spixworth Village Hall.
The show’s director Lynne Jeffrey said that while the pantomime run was proving popular in general, less interest had been shown in the signed show than in previous years and they were trying to get news of their signed performance out to a wider community of people. We would very much like to carry on with the signed performances, but if we do not get the people coming to watch then we can no longer justify them,” she said.
